At least two Syrian policemen were killed today when shot by an unknown armed group in the area of Kafr Batna, a suburb of the capital Damascus, according to the Qatari television station Al Jazeera and the state agency SANA. The two officers, identified as Hasan and Hamid al-Khatib Mola, have been attacked by gunmen while patrolling the area and died from shots fired by the group from which the identity is still unknown.
This attack also coincides with a call for demonstrations precursor groups through Facebook to encourage people to participate in further protests in the coming days. The area where the shooting occurred is the same in which the Syrian security forces killed at least eight demonstrators on Friday, according to the agency.
Thousands of people have come to the funeral today for the eight victims, displaying slogans calling for civil disobedience to stop the violence by the state police. Since the protests began in the middle of last March, there have been more than a hundred people, including fifty in Deraa, south of the country, according to estimates by human rights organizations.
The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called in a statement to the Syrian president ordered security forces to end the excessive use of force against demonstrators. "For three weeks the Syrian security forces have fired on peaceful protests in various parts of Syria," said HRW director for the Middle East, Sarah Leah Whitson, who said that the authorities, instead of accountability, have been charged these acts to "unknown armed groups." On the other hand, Al Asad today met with civil authorities in the Kurdish province of Al Hasek, in northeastern Syria, to discuss their problems and demands as part of his meetings with leaders of several provinces.
The civil society representatives from Al Hasek stressed the importance of maintaining the unity, stability and security of the country, referring to the popular revolt that shook the country. These political protests forced the resignation on 29 March Executive Mohamed Naji Otri, which was replaced five days later by the former Minister Adel Safar, who commissioned Al Asad form a new government. 
This attack also coincides with a call for demonstrations precursor groups through Facebook to encourage people to participate in further protests in the coming days. The area where the shooting occurred is the same in which the Syrian security forces killed at least eight demonstrators on Friday, according to the agency.
Thousands of people have come to the funeral today for the eight victims, displaying slogans calling for civil disobedience to stop the violence by the state police. Since the protests began in the middle of last March, there have been more than a hundred people, including fifty in Deraa, south of the country, according to estimates by human rights organizations.
The organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called in a statement to the Syrian president ordered security forces to end the excessive use of force against demonstrators. "For three weeks the Syrian security forces have fired on peaceful protests in various parts of Syria," said HRW director for the Middle East, Sarah Leah Whitson, who said that the authorities, instead of accountability, have been charged these acts to "unknown armed groups." On the other hand, Al Asad today met with civil authorities in the Kurdish province of Al Hasek, in northeastern Syria, to discuss their problems and demands as part of his meetings with leaders of several provinces.
The civil society representatives from Al Hasek stressed the importance of maintaining the unity, stability and security of the country, referring to the popular revolt that shook the country. These political protests forced the resignation on 29 March Executive Mohamed Naji Otri, which was replaced five days later by the former Minister Adel Safar, who commissioned Al Asad form a new government.
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